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Originally Posted by pwd72s
The whipped one also raised a good point...considering today's real world driving on public roads, does all that performance serve well wile still being a pleasurable driver?
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The answer is yes.
For a crowded public road, having that acceleration on tap makes the difference between being stuck , and slingshotting free into a small gap in space and time.
It does improve the experience with performance on tap.
I spend more time having fun with the 944's as projects to work on than I do driving them. The power gap to my Corvette Z06 or Jaguar X150 makes traffic much less frustrating if I take either of those.
The electronics in modern Porsche's are also amazing.
I felt it was extending from my brain and providing individual control of what I wanted.
The previous generation of 911 is the only modern car I've not switched off the TC/SBC. It was just that good, It was not in the way, it was better with it.
That said, when one of these pulls up at a dragstrip, one run will be much like another. Might as well be on a cable drawn rail sled, and hey, that setup can be even faster.
Not having the electronics and getting a decent draw off the line is alot of fun.
Having it, and getting a massive draw off the line, is also a lot of fun; but less so to a spectator.